At the end of every December we like to recap some of our favorite headlines from the year and let Fark vote on their favorites. In a year where most of the news wasn't positive, it was refreshing to see that Fark's legion of submitters stepped up and made us laugh when we arguably needed it most.

The following are the Top 20 headlines of 2009 as voted on by you. I've listed the quarterfinals threads after the winners if you'd like to check them out again. Here are the favorites as voted by Fark for last year:

18. India loses contact with an unmanned spacecraft conducting its first moon mission. Support techs ask Mission Control to confirm that the spacecraft is turned on and that it is currently plugged in http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4605340

Runner-up: New report from the Iowa department of public health shows that 7% of 6 year olds suffer from lead poisoning, possibly because their parents are feeding them too many Pb & J sandwiches(submitter: DammitIForgotMyLogin)

Congratulations to the winners, and to all of the submitters that make us laugh and make every day a little more bearable. Kudos to you all.

Thanks to all the submitters who are infinitely more creative than I am. This one was my favorite wordplay headline. It took a second, but once I got I realized it was brilliant! Bravo to whoever submitted this!

'Airman facing rape charges after being booked in Middlesex for sex with middle school girl he met on Facebook'

A small two-seater Cessna 152 plane crashed into a cemetery early this afternoon in central Poland. Polish search and rescue workers have recovered 300 bodies so far and expect that number to climb as digging continues into the evening.